Query: NC_015520:2280643 Mahella australiensis 50-1 BON chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Mahella australiensis; Mahella; Thermoanaerobacterales Family IV; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria General Information: Country: Australia; Environment: Oil fields; Isolation: Riverslea oil field in the Bowen-Surat; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 50C. Mahella australiensis is a spore-forming thermophile and was originally isolated from an Australian oil reservoir.
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General Information: This organism produces bacteriochlorophyll a and c under oxic conditions and represents a new group of photosynthetic bacteria. The only known chlorophototroph in the phylum Acidobacteria. Aerobic photoheterotroph that lacks the ability to synthesize several essential nutrients. Naturally inhabits microbial mats of alkaline siliceous hot springs in Yellowstone National Park.